Improvement in hens  nests



JUL-IA P. CLEMENT.

Hens Nest.

Patented June 29,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIA 1 CLEMENT, 0F WILLIAMSTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

IMPROVEMENTIN HENS? NESTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,971 dated J nne 29,1875; application filed April 17, 1875. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mrs. JULIA P. CLEM- ENT, of Williamston, in thecounty of Anderson and State of South Carolina, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Hens Nests, of which the following is aspecification:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device, part being brokenaway to show the-construction. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of thesame, taken through the line a: m, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a verticalcross-section of the same taken through the line 3 y, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object. of this invention is to furnish an improved device for hensto lay their eggs, which shall be so constructed that the hens can enterand leave it easily, and which will allow the eggs to be convenientlyremoved.

The invention consists in the box, provided with entrance and airopenings, and with division-boards, to form the nest-spaces, and the endand side passages, as hereinafter fully described. 7

A is a box of any convenient length, of such a width as to alford spacefor two rows of nests, and two passage-ways of a convenient height. Theends of the box A are made higher than its sides, and their upper edgesare beveled from the center toward each end, to receive the ends of theboards that form the roof. Each side of the roof is made in two parts, BO, the upper part B of which is stationary, and the lower part 0 ishinged so that it may be turned up, as shown in Fig. 1, to giveconvenient access to the interior. The box A B G is dividedlongitudinally into two equal parts by a division-board, 1), extendingfrom the peak of the roof to the floor. The lower corner of each end ofthe board D is cut away to form openings d for the passage of the hens,and in the lower part of the alternate ends of the side boards of thebox A are formed holes a for the hens to pass in and out. The spacesupon the opposite sides of the division-board D are dividedlongitudinally by narrow boards E. The spaces between the division-boardD and the boards E are divided up into nest-spaces F by boards Gextending up to the roofB O, and the up per part of some of which isextended outward to the sides of the box A, to give additional supportto the roof. The end boards G are extended out to the sides of the box Aat the ends of said sides in which the openings a are formed, and theboards E extend only to said end boards G, as shown in Fig. 2, so as toseparate the end passages H from the side passages I, at the ends ofsaid side passages next the openings a J are boards attached to thebottom ofthe'box A, and projecting out through the openings at to serveas platforms for the hens in entering and leaving the box A.

The hens, when they enter the box A, pass through the end passage H,enter the side passage I upon the opposite side fromthat at which theyentered, and enter any unoccupied nest, F. The hinged parts 0 of theroof are provided with hasps and staples, so thatthey can be secured bypadloeks.

By this construction, no one can obtain access to the nests in any otherway than by opening the hinged parts of the roof. In the ends and sidesof the box A are formed small openings o for the entrance of lightandair.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Pat cut- The box A, provided with the roof B O, the openingsa a and the division-boards D E G, to form the nest-spaces F, and thepassages H I, substantially as hereinshown and described.

MRS. JULIA P. CLEMENT. Witnesses:

M. M. KING,

J. B. ROGERS.

